The expressway will be closed intermittently for up to 15 minutes at a time near the Fingerboard Road Bridge, between 12:30 and 5 a.m. this weekend, the state Department of Transportation announced today in a travel advisory.

The closures will be on the Brooklyn-bound side of the SIE on Saturday.

The delays will affect New Jersey-bound traffic on Sunday.

In preparation for the work, a Brooklyn-bound single-lane closure will begin at 10 p.m. tomorrow, followed by a double-lane closure at midnight.

A New Jersey-bound single-lane closure will begin at 10 p.m. on Saturday, followed by a double-lane closure at midnight.

All lane closures will be removed by 7 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

During the closure on Saturday morning, Brooklyn-bound traffic will be directed to exit the highway at Clove Road and follow a detour along Narrows Road South, from which vehicles may enter the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge directly. On Sunday morning, New Jersey traffic exiting the Verrazano will be directed immediately onto Narrows Road North, re-entering the highway to the west of Clove Road.

These closures are part of the first stage of the replacement of the Fingerboard Road Bridge, allowing for the removal of a portion of the old structure so that the new, widened bridge can be constructed.